Web-Based Education and Pedagogical Technologies: Solutions for Learning Applications: Solutions for Learning Applications

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Esnault, Liliane
IGI Global, Nov 30, 2007 - Computers - 364 pages

The rapid development and expansion of Web-based technologies has vast potential implications for the processes of teaching and learning world-wide. Technological advancements of Web-based applications strike at the base of the education spectrum; however, the scope of experimentation and discussion on this topic has continuously been narrow.

Web-Based Education and Pedagogical Technologies: Solutions for Learning Applications provides cutting-edge research on such topics as network learning, e-learning, managing Web-based learning and teaching technologies, and building Web-based learning communities. This innovative book provides researchers, practitioners, and decision makers in the field of education with essential, up-to-date research in designing more effective learning systems and scenarios using Web-based technologies.

 

Contents

Preface
Rethinking the Learning Process
Understanding Learners Behavior and Developing Active Methods and Interactivity in WebBased Courses
Designing Learning Management Systems for Value Sustainability and Accessibility
LifeLong Learning Bridging the Gap Between Academy and Industry
About the Contributors
Index
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Liliane Esnault is professor in information systems management, e-business and project management at E.M.LYON, and Project Manager in e-learning development. She graduated from Ecole Sup rieure de Physique et Chimie de Paris (ESPCI) and has a Ph.D. in fundamental molecular physics. She is also teaching an e-business course in a French-Chinese Executive MBA organized by the Rh ne-Alpes Region and Shanghai University. She is involved in the European research project "EQUEL" (e-quality in e-learning), after several other European projects in the same area. She is the author of several writings linked with her areas of expertise: e-learning and pedagogy, information systems and technology management, project management, management of organizational networks. She also is a member of several associations devoted to information resources management, e-learning and network learning, and international projects management. [Editor]

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